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Survey: Higher demand for IT pros

Sixty percent of employers who hire IT professionals plan to increase staff in the next 60 days, according to Monster Worldwide Inc.’s (NYSE: MWW) “Recruiting for IT Talent” survey of U.S. companies.

“The demand for IT expertise remains relatively stable with employers confident that they will look to fill these types of roles in the near-term,” said Jeffrey Quinn, vice president of Monster’s Global Insights.

Forty-nine percent of employers were confident in their ability to find the talent they need for all IT roles, but 70 percent of employers reported the number of qualified candidates available to fill all the opportunities as smaller than the total opportunities, creating increased competition for talent. Fifty-two percent of employers said many of these technical roles are increasingly defined by highly specific skills, further limiting the number of qualified candidates.

Top 10 occupations for IT jobs:

Software developers, applications

Web Developers

Computer systems analysts

Network and computer systems administrators

Computer user support specialists

Information technology project managers

Computer programmers

Software quality assurance engineers and testers

Computer systems engineers/architects

Database administrators

Top 10 markets for IT jobs:

New York

Washington D.C.

Boston

Los Angeles

Dallas-Fort Worth

Chicago

Atlanta

San Francisco

San Jose

Philadelphia

Monster surveyed 200 employers who expect to recruit IT talent in the next 12 months via an online survey. The IT-related survey ran from Jan. 17 to Feb. 5.

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